①Surveys can cover a single large settlement or entire landscapes.②In one case, many researchers working around the ancient Maya city of Copán, Honduras, have located hundreds of small rural village and individual dwellings by using aerial photographs and by making surveys on foot.③The resulting settlement maps show how the distribution and density of the rural population around the city changed dramatically between AD500 and 850, when Copán collapsed.④In another case, American archaeologists Rene Million and George Cowgill spent years systematically mapping the entire city of Teotihuacan in the Valley of Mexico near what is now Mexico City.⑤At its peak around AD 600, this city was one of the largest human settlements in the world.⑥The researchers mapped not only the city’s vast and ornate ceremonial areas, but also hundreds of simpler apartment complexes where common people lived.

　　【高频考点】

　　1.举个例子：in one case,…(再举个例子in another case,…)

　　2.由此获得的地图：the resulting maps

　　3.发生显著变化：change dramatically

　　4.处于顶峰时：at one’s peak

　　5.华丽的宗教区域：ornate ceremonial areas(ornate=covered with a lot of decorations)

　　【翻译练习】

　　①Surveys can cover a single large settlement or entire landscapes.

　　②In one case, many researchers working around the ancient Maya city of Copán, Honduras, have located hundreds of small rural village and individual dwellings by using aerial photographs and by making surveys on foot.

　　结构提示：by using aerial photographs and by making surveys on foot作为方式状语修饰located。

　　③The resulting settlement maps show how the distribution and density of the rural population around the city changed dramatically between AD500 and 850, when Copán collapsed.

　　④In another case, American archaeologists Rene Million and George Cowgill spent years systematically mapping the entire city of Teotihuacan in the Valley of Mexico near what is now Mexico City.

　　⑤At its peak around AD 600, this city was one of the largest human settlements in the world.

　　⑥The researchers mapped not only the city’s vast and ornate ceremonial areas, but also hundreds of simpler apartment complexes where common people lived.

　　①勘察可以只覆盖单独一个大的聚居点，也可以覆盖整个区域。

　　②举个例子，许多在洪都拉斯西部的玛雅古城Copán开展工作的研究者利用航空照片和徒步考察，发现了数以百计的小乡村和个人住所。

　　③由此获得的聚居点地图显示了在公元500年到850年之间，当古城Copán崩溃时，城市周围的乡村人口分布和密度是如何发生显著变化的。

　　④再举个例子，美国考古学家Rene Million和George Cowgill花费了数年时间系统地绘制了整个Teotihuacan古城的地图，该古城位于墨西哥山谷。

　　⑤大约在公元600年，在它处于顶峰期时，这座城市是世界上最大的人类聚集地之一。